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The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
[403] Comp. 1 Cor. xii. 26.
Chapter XII.—Exhortation to various graces.
[404] This passage is very obscure. Some render it as follows: “But at present it is not granted unto me to practise that which is written, Be ye angry,” etc.
[407] Some read, “believes.”
[409] Comp.1 Tim. ii. 2.
Chapter XIII.—Concerning the transmission of epistles.
[411] Comp. Ep. of Ignatius to Polycarp, chap. viii.
[412] Or, “letters.”
[413] Reference is here made to the two letters of Ignatius, one to Polycarp himself, and the other to the church at Smyrna.
[414] Henceforth, to the end, we have only the Latin version.
[415] The Latin version reads “are,” which has been corrected as above.
[416] Polycarp was aware of the death of Ignatius (chap. ix.), but was as yet apparently ignorant of the circumstances attending it. [Who can fail to be touched by these affectionate yet entirely calm expressions as to his martyred friend and brother? Martyrdom was the habitual end of Christ’s soldiers, and Polycarp expected his own; hence his restrained and temperate words of interest.]
[417] Some read, “in this present Epistle.”
[418] Others read, “and in favour with all yours.”
Introductory Note to the Epistle Concerning the Martyrdom of Polycarp
[419] See an ingenious conjecture in Bishop Wordsworth’s Hippolytus and the Church of Rome, p. 318, C.
The Encyclical Epistle of the Church at Smyrna Concerning the Martyrdom of the Holy Polycarp
[420] Some read, “Philadelphia,” but on inferior authority. Philomelium was a city of Phrygia.
[421] The word in the original is ποροικίαις, from which the English “parishes” is derived.
Chapter II.—The wonderful constancy of the martyrs.
[422] Literally, “who are more pious.”
[423] The account now returns to the illustration of the statement made in the first sentence.
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